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Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace<br>
April 3, 2007<br><br>
Last Saturday marked Day 1500 of Dr. Al-Arian's incarceration. Please
<br>
see below two recent articles on his case. Also, below is a release <br>
about a rally on behalf of Dr. Al-Arian that will take place April 13
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in front of the Department of Justice.<br><br>
I. Rally to Support Dr. Al-Arian<br>
II. Let Him Go, Now! The Ongoing Persecution of Sami Al-Arian<br>
III. Criminalizing Solidarity: Sami al-Arian and the War of
Terror<br><br>
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I. April 13 Rally on Behalf of Dr. Al-Arian<br><br>
WASHINGTON, DC - Mar. 29, 2007 (MASNET) Saturday, March 31st marked <br>
1500 days in jail for Dr. Sami Al-Arian. Dr. Al-Arian was recently <br>
sentenced to an additional eighteen months in jail for his refusal to
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testify before a grand jury. However, this verdict was rendered
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against him despite a plea agreement he had with the government, <br>
which included a no-cooperation clause. (See: <br>
<a href="http://www.masnet.org/takeaction.asp?id=3987" eudora="autourl">
http://www.masnet.org/takeaction.asp?id=3987</a>)<br><br>
Dr. Al-Arian has been scheduled for a hearing with Judge Bruce Lee on
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April 20th, 7 days after his government agreed upon release date.
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Reports from family members indicate that "Dr. Al-Arian intends to
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restate his commitment to his non-cooperation clause and request <br>
Judge Lee to withdraw the current citation for contempt."<br><br>
In support of Dr. Al-Arian the Muslim American Society (MAS) Freedom
<br>
Foundation is sponsoring a rally in front of the U.S. Department of <br>
Justice on April 13th, 2007. The rally is in response to the U.S. <br>
Department of Justice's failure to uphold their current plea <br>
agreement with Dr. Sami Al-Arian, which scheduled his release date <br>
for April 13th. MAS Freedom Foundation encourages everyone to attend
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and support justice for all.<br>
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WHERE: U.S. Department of Justice (In front)
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9th and
Pennsylvania Avenue <br>
NW
Washington, DC 20530<br><br>
For more information contact MAS Freedom Foundation at: (703) 998-<br>
6525 or (202)421-3623<br>
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II. Let Him Go, Now!<br>
The Ongoing Persecution of Sami Al-Arian<br>
<a href="http://counterpunch.org/colson03282007.html" eudora="autourl">
http://counterpunch.org/colson03282007.html<br><br>
</a>III. Criminalizing Solidarity: Sami al-Arian and the War of
Terror<br>
<a href="http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=12469" eudora="autourl">
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=12469<br>
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